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G-Prep senior strives to maintain Hmong roots

Nikky Xiongxtoyed, 18, is continuing a family tradition in more ways than one. Last year, her sister Vikky Xiongxtoyed was named the outstanding senior from North Central High School. This year it’s Nikky Xiongxtoyed’s turn when she graduates from Gonzaga Preparatory School. “I didn’t know about this until yesterday,” Xiongxtoyed said in a late-April interview. “I’m very honored. I can’t believe I got it, too.”
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Pageants provide outlet amid dad’s cancer, death

Lauren Lysne, 18, is the first person to tell you that she’s the biggest “girly girl” there is. She loves manicures and pedicures, facials and getting her hair done. And it shows: The beautiful Ferris High School senior is Miss Idaho High School America, and in March she was first runner-up at Miss High School America in San Antonio.
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Student takes life in ‘good direction’

Life hasn’t always been a cakewalk for Isabelle Anderson, 18, but troubles are not the first thing that come to mind when you meet the energetic and bright young woman. Anderson is this year’s distinguished student from the Multi-Agency Adolescent Program, or MAP School, which is a special program for high school students affected by mental disorders.
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New apartments cause angst

The Spokane Housing Authority is spending $6.5 million on a complete renovation of the former Hillyard High School, now named the Agnes Kehoe Place. Construction began last fall, and the building is scheduled to open in spring of 2012. Everything is progressing according to plan, except one thing: a persistent rumor that the building, located on the 5300 block of North Regal Street, will be used for registered sex offender housing. Recently, a threat was made to burn down the finished building.
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South Perry group eyes alcohol impact zone

The South Perry Business and Neighborhood Association is seeking an alcohol impact zone in the South Perry District. An alcohol impact zone would not outlaw sales of liquor from grocery stores, restaurants and bars, but it would ban sales of single-serving high alcohol beverages that typically are consumed on the street or in parks near where they are purchased.
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T-shirts raise relief for Japan

When the giant earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on March 11, Mitsuomi Nakamura felt powerless, frustrated and far from home. Born in Japan, Nakamura has lived in Spokane since 2001. As he puts it, he’s not a millionaire so he couldn’t just write a big check and send it back to his home country. “Then my Spokane friends started calling asking if I was OK, if my family was OK, and if there was anything they could do for Japan,” said Nakamura.
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Nonprofit’s cakes help kids in need

Everyone knows what it’s like to read about a great organization in a magazine and wonder if Spokane couldn’t benefit from something like that. Sometimes that’s as far as it goes, but not for Kelly Eggleston. When she read about Georgia-based Free Cakes For Kids, she knew right away she wanted to get involved. “I picked up the phone and called the lady in Georgia,” said Eggleston. “And then it went on from there.”
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Businesses, alliance revitalizing two areas of community

Mention East Sprague and most everyone has some sort of comment to make, and it’s usually not a good one. To those people Boris Borisov has one thing to say: Why don’t you come out here and see what’s going on? “It has changed a lot,” said Borisov, program officer with neighborhood revitalization organization Impact Capital. “We have planters and bike racks. We have campaigns for cleanliness and safety. We have new street banners. It’s not at all like it used to be.”
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Nonprofit offers free prom gown of choice for special night

There has already been a flood of girls looking for beautiful dresses, but then there was a real flood. When Julianne Sullivan arrived at Julianne’s Prom Closet early Monday morning, she found water seeping through the ceiling of her basement location and running down the wall. An icemaker somewhere upstairs in the building had malfunctioned and now Sullivan was frantically hauling racks full of beautiful ball gowns out of the room.
News >  Washington Voices

Nonprofit’s cakes help kids in need

Everyone knows what it’s like to read about a great organization in a magazine and wonder if Spokane couldn’t benefit from something like that. Sometimes that’s as far as it goes, but not for Kelly Eggleston. When she read about Georgia-based Free Cakes For Kids, she knew right away she wanted to get involved. “I picked up the phone and called the lady in Georgia,” said Eggleston. “And then it went on from there.”